⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, eighteen free throws to their eight
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 20-4 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 5
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 8:31 · MIL 46-30 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 3:05 · MIL 63-38 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 1:28 · MIL 91-61 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 35 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
